Hidden in Plain Sight - An Archaeology of Magic and the Cinema

Informationen zum Autor COLIN WILLIAMSON is a visiting assistant professor of film and media studies at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  Klappentext What does it mean to describe cinematic effects as "movie magic”, to compare filmmakers to magicians, or to say that the cinema is all a "trick”? In this volume, Colin Williamson situates film within a long tradition of magical practices that combine art and science, involve deception and discovery, and evoke two forms of wonder - both awe at the illusion displayed and curiosity about how it was performed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: Watching Closely 1          (De)Mystifying Tricks: The Wonder Response and the Emergence of the Cinema 2          Quicker than the Eye: Science, Cinema, and the Question of Vision 3          Second Sight: Time Lapse and the Cinema as Seer 4          The Enchanted Screen: Performing the Cinema’s Illusion of Life 5          Digital Prestidigitation: The Eclipse of the Cinema’s Mechanical Magic 6          Through Digital Eyes: Reanimating Early Cinema Conclusion: Other Obscurities and Illuminations Notes Index

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• Autori: Colin Williamson
• Editore: Rutgers University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9780813572543
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-7254-3
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: Techniques of the Moving Image; Techniques of the Moving Image
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Mediologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto